Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 20:54:15 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG, winter@jurai.net Subject: Re: /dev/ioport[bwl] Message-ID: <199811180954.UAA24723@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>Whats the story on the > >#ifdef notyet >... >#endif > >Bits around the code implementing /dev/ioport[bwl] in >src/sys/i386/i386/mem.c? It should have gone away 6 years ago. >I'd like to use /dev/io and friends (/dev/ioport[bwl] if they exist) to do >some PIO routine prototyping for a device driver. Opening /dev/io gives direct access to i/o instructions. This is much easier and just as (in)secure as /dev/ioport would be. Drivers should probably be prototyped using modules. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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